Blue Origin conducts in-flight escape test and unexpectedly lands rocket for a fifth time

 Today’s Blue Origin flight was a unique one. Upon testing their rocket’s in-flight escape system (a means of bringing passengers to safety if something were to happen during launch), Jeff Bezos’ rocket company ended up with a safely recovered crew capsule and an unexpectedly-intact New Shepard rocket. The company had considerably downplayed the odds of successfully… Read More